The setting sun gradually sank below the horizon, and with the appearance of little stars, the speed of the Hogwarts Express began to slow down and finally stopped.

Snape had already woken up the sleeping Lily and asked her to change into her school uniform, so he was not as busy as some students.

"First-year students, first-year students, come over here!" A deep and loud voice sounded from the front. Snape looked forward, and a smile appeared on his lips.

"Wow, what is that?" Lily was not as calm as Snape. Looking at the hazy huge shadow, she couldn't help but exclaimed.

"That is Rubeus Hagrid, the gamekeeper of Hogwarts. It is said that he has the blood of giants." Snape explained to Lily in a low voice, "Now it seems that the rumors may be true."

"It's amazing!" Lily didn't look scared, but instead looked curious and excited.

"First-year students, come here!" Hagrid shouted, "Let me see!"

As he spoke, he raised the kerosene lamp in his hand higher, holding a large piece of parchment in his hand, looked at the students, looked at the parchment, and muttered in a low voice: "One, two ,three......"

It should be certain that Hagrid stuffed the roll of parchment in his hand into his moleskin coat and shouted loudly: "First-year students, follow me." With that, he walked in front. lead the way.

The students quickly followed.

At this time, the sky was completely dark. There was no moon at night. There was no light on the entire road except the kerosene lamp in Hagrid's hand. In addition, the road was a dirt road full of potholes. Naturally, It’s not that easy to walk.

Seeing the group of people walking awkwardly, with some people almost tripping from time to time and being held up by people around them, Lily held Snape's little hand tighter.

"It's okay, don't be afraid!" Snape felt the little girl's nervousness and comforted softly, "This is just the path that the four founders of Hogwarts have walked before, and we are repeating their glory."

"I'm not afraid!" the little girl said, "I'm just afraid that you will fall." In response, Snape only smiled slightly and said nothing.

After walking for a while, there were more vegetation around him, which made the light around him even less. Lily couldn't help but get closer to Snape.

Snape naturally understood the reason why Lily did this. After thinking about it, he decided not to hide his clumsiness. He took out the wand and murmured: "Luminescent flash!"

A soft small ball of light suddenly appeared on the tip of the wand, floating there quietly.

"I think we should be wizards, right?" Snape joked to Lily who looked surprised.

"That's great, Sif!" Lily said happily, then took out her own wand and cast a fluorescent spell in the same way.

The surrounding students were startled for a moment, then suddenly realized, they all took out their wands. For a moment, there was the sound of chanting spells all around, and light balls emerged one after another, driving away the darkness in front of them in an instant.

Although not every student can learn and use magic before the start of school, it does not require so many skills, and these are enough for now.

With the large fluorescent spell illuminating the students, they could see the road clearly, and their progress accelerated a lot, and they passed through the tree-lined path in a short while.

Hagrid saw this scene and nodded slightly to Snape. There was also a smile on the corner of his mouth, but with his thick beard and the darkness of the night, Snape didn't see it clearly. He just looked at it. When Hagrid nodded, he nodded as a response.

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"Four people per boat, come on in." Hagrid reminded loudly, standing next to a lake, "Remember, there are no more than four people in each boat!"

Except for Snape and Lily, the other students crowded on board, but they were quite obedient. There were only four people on each boat.

All the students went up, leaving only Snape, Lily, and a girl who looked a little weak.

"Come on, let's go up too!" Snape said, and then pulled Lily onto a boat, and the girl followed.

After Hagrid saw all the students coming up, he took out a pink umbrella and gently touched each boat, and all the boats automatically drove forward.

Is this Hagrid's wand?Snape looked at Hagrid's pink umbrella with great interest. It is said that this wand was restored by Dumbledore. In the original book, the Elder Wand only restored two wands, and this was one of them. ?

Hagrid seemed to notice Snape's gaze, and his hand holding the umbrella tightened. Then Snape looked away and started chatting with Lily in a low voice.

After moving forward for a while, the boats came under an arch bridge and heard Hagrid shout loudly: "Lower your head!" Many students lowered their heads subconsciously, and some students did not move.

The students who lowered their heads felt something was wrong and quickly raised their heads. Only then did they realize that there was only one person at this height who needed to lower their heads, and that was Hagrid.

The bridge opening was not too long. Soon, the boats came out from under the bridge, and then they heard sighs from all over their faces.

"Wow!"xN

Snape's eyes also lit up.

I saw an ancient castle standing on a high slope in the distance. Under the reflection of the starry sky, the castle looked mysterious and full of classical beauty. Under the dots of starlight, it felt like being in a fairy tale world.

"So beautiful..." Lily couldn't help sighing, her big eyes full of obsession with the scene in front of her.

"It is indeed beautiful!" Snape nodded in agreement, "If nothing else, this should be the castle of Hogwarts, and it is also where we will live and study."

"Yes!" Lily nodded fiercely, her big eyes full of longing for the future, as well as a bit of excitement and a bit of panic.

"I will take good care of you!" Snape rubbed her little head and whispered, "So, you don't have to worry!"

"Thank you, I will!" Lily nodded, the panic in her eyes disappeared, stretched out her arms, and gave Snape a big hug.

The ship docked quickly, and the students walked off one after another. Hagrid took out the parchment again, checked the number of people, waved his hand, and led the students into the gate of Hogwarts. .

Hogwarts...

Snape looked at the castle in front of him, and he didn't know what he was thinking in his mind. He just felt that his heart became messy in an instant, and his eyes became complicated...

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